Fort Hill
Fort Hill is a promontory overlooking downtown Frankfort, Kentucky. It is the site of two earthwork forts from the American Civil War. Fort Hill is on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a public park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 571 feet
- Description: place in Kentucky listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Also known as: “Archeological Site 15 FR 368”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buffalo Trace Distillery and Singing Bridge.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Distillery
Photo: Kaplansa, Public domain.
Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, owned by the Sazerac Company. It has historically been known by several names, including the George T.
Singing Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Normal Op, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Singing Bridge is a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Frankfort, Kentucky that is so named because of the humming sound it makes when driven over.
War Mothers Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The War Mothers Memorial Bridge is a box girder bridge that carries US 60 and KY 420 across the Kentucky River in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bridge carries approximately 12,900 cars per day as of 2009.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frankfort and Big Eddy.
Frankfort
Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Downtown Frankfort is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.
Big Eddy
Hamlet
Big Eddy is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States.
Jett
Hamlet
Jett is an unincorporated community within Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. It was part of a farm acquired by Thomas Jett, in 1822. In 1882, Jett's heirs donated land for a Louisville & Nashville Railroad station which was named for him.
Fort Hill
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Franklin, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.20813° or 38° 12′ 29″ northLongitude
-84.86884° or 84° 52′ 8″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
86CQ645J+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 358589028OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Fort Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Kentucky)”
- Cebuano: “Fort Hill”
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Highlights include Fort Hill Civil War Park and Morris E Burton Memorial Park.
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